Francis bedford photographer biography

Born in London in 1815, Francis Bedford was the first of church architect Francis Octavius Bedford's five children. His father inspired him to study art, architecture, and lithography.

He was only 17 when his works were first exhibited at the Royal Academy. Considered as a bit of a recluse, scant details exist about Mr. Bedford's personal life beyond that he was married and had one son, William, born in 1846.

Francis bedford photographer biography

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Throughout the 1840s, several of his lithographs and architectural sketches, including those of the Anglican Church and Westminster Abbey, were exhibited at the Royal Academy.

For Mr. Bedford, 1851 was a watershed year because this is when he became acquainted with David Brewster's stereoscope during London's Great Exhibition.

The stereoscope allowed photographers to create successive exposures either by using a single camera or two side-by-side cameras. By mid-decade, cameras fitted with twin lenses were being used to produce landscape stereographs.

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